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Games for All

Introduction

Games are a wonderful way of letting pupils participate in a group, to have fun, respond to instructions and to take turns.

There are many wonderful games available commercially to buy. Most are quite expensive at around about £10. Sometimes the games are far too complicated to play. Games for All aims to adapt well-known games using PCS (Picture Communication Symbols) and pictures from the internet, to make simple, fun and motivating games. Well-known and loved children’s books including ‘The Lighthouse Keeper’s Lunch’ and ‘Elmer’ have been adapted into simple board games that everyone can play.

CALL has tried to develop games that can all be played on the same board with just the counters or cards changing for the different games.

Instructions

On this page you will find a list of games. Each file will contain an instruction sheet on how to put the game together and how to play. Only games using PCS symbols are available to download. Due to copyright restrictions games using pictures from the internet are not available to download. Though the instructions for getting the picture and how to get them into BoardMaker are!

Downloads

Each game is available to download in:

  • BoardMaker for MacIntosh
  • BoardMaker Windows Version 5 (.exe) which is self installing
  • BoardMaker Windows Version 5 (.zip)

Complete Set

Chooser

Counter

Bingo

Connect 4

Dominoes

Elmer

Guess Who

Katie Morag

Lighthouse Keepers Catastrophe

Lord of the Rings

Noughts and Crosses

Shopping

Snap

Supermarket Sweep

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